Skate-fastening



(No Model.)

E. H. BARNEY.

SKATE FASTENING. No. 335,556. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

I INVENTOR ATTO R N EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,556, dated February 9, 1886,

Application filed September 21, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skate-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in skate-fastenings, the object being to provide an improved combined fastening for either roller or ice skates, which is peculiarly adapted to be used with high-heeled boots, the latter being illy adapted to clamp fastenings for the heel.

In the drawing forming part of this specification is illustrated, in side elevation, the lower portion of a roller-skate, excepting the front wheels and one of the rear wheels, having applied to the same a sole-plate and heelplate,and l'astenings attached to the said plates, embodying my invention, the rear part of the fastening which is above the heel-plate being partly broken away.

In the drawing, A indicates the rollenskate frame, to which in this instance the sole and heel-plates are attached in the same manner that they would be to the runner of an iceskate were the fastenings hereinafter de scribed applied to the latter. The sole-plate b is secured to the frame A by the bracket 0, one on each side of the latter, and the heelplate to is likewise secured to said frame by two brackets, r7, one on each side of the frame, the last-named brackets being formed to leave an open passage between them between the frame A and the heel-plate to allow the screw: rod h to pass in a direct line from the rear of the latter to its connection with the sole-clamps d. The brackets t beingarranged relative to the heel-plate and the frame A substantially in the manner shown in my Patent No.274,253, and the sole-clamps (I (one for each edge of the sole and having the lip e on each) are constructed and arranged substantially as shown in said patent, together with the sole-plate b.

The heel-plate w is made with a series of upright projections, a, on its border, to which is riveted or otherwise suitably secured the Wide leather heel-strap n, a thin metallic supporting-plate, y, being applied outside of said strap Serial No. 177,638. (No model.)

and secured to the heel-plate and heelstrap by the same rivets that fasten the latter to the former. An ankle strap, m, is attached to the said heel-strap, a buckle or other suitable fastening being applied to the latter for securing the end of the ankle-strap after it has been passed around the ankle of the wearer. The said heel-plate 10 has on its extreme rear end a down hanging lip, 0, which is perforated, and through which the screw or clamp-rod h passes, its screwed end entering a hole suitably screwed in the sole-clamp pivot f. On the rear end of the rod h is the thumb piece k, either secured to the latter or integral therewith, having a shoulder thereon which bears against the outside of the lip 0 when rod h is turned to draw the clamps (1 against the sole of a shoe to clamp the foot to the sole-plate.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: The foot of the wearer (having said boot thereon) is placed on the skate, the heel fitting into the heel-strap a and resting on the heelplate, and the sole of the boot resting on the sole-plate b. The ankle-strap m is then passed around the ankle and tightly buckled, and,

finally, the clamp-rod is turned, (by using the thumb-piece 7a,) drawing the clamps (1 against the edges of the sole, and thus firmly securing the heel and sole of the boot to the skate, the wide heel-strap n reaching sufliciently above the high heel of the boot to inclose that part of the boot which contains the heel of the wearer, thus effectually securing the heel part of the skate thereto.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- In combination with the skate-body having a bracket, 2', at each side thereof, the heelplate supported on said bracket, the heel-strap on said heel-plate having ankle-strap attached thereto, the pending lip on said heelplate, and the clamping-rod swivelcd in said pending lip passing between the brackets which support the heel-plate, and having screw engagement with the toe-clam pin g mechanism, all substantially as described.

EVERETT H. BARNEY.

\Vitnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, W. F. RIoE. 

